Rags, I have a new tool (CEL multitool, but there are other similar items) with a specialist thing for grout removal.

grout remover

You will understand from the clip why I went to the builders' suppliers this morning and bought some ear defenders.

I haven't used this particular tool, but the cutter cut through nails in an old set of bookshelves, the scraper removed messy sealer from the bath, and the sander has removed blisters in the old paint in the bathroom.

The blurb suggests that some tool or other can be used for removing the tiles as well as the saw removing the grout, and then the remaining adhesive from the wall. I do not intend to do this particular job - there are far too many tiles. I'm getting someone in.

I have been sorting my carpet tiles ready for laying. Oddly, some of them have produced stains which were not there originally. Through the process again, then.

Penny